WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:04.040 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:08.560 with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:15.320 App KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:17.679 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:22.480 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:32.520 It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your wake up 7 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:37.640 call for Thursday, September nineteenth. I'm Amy King. We're live 8 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:41.840 everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Do you know if you 9 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:45.560 don't have a radio near you, just go to your phone, 10 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:48.880 go to the iHeartRadio app and you can listen live. 11 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:50.920 You can listen to old shows. If you miss I'm 12 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:52.840 a wake up Call, you can go listen again. If 13 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:54.880 it's your favorite wake up call, you could just listen 14 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:56.439 to it over and over and over again if you 15 00:00:56.439 --> 00:01:01.159 wanted to. I know Kono does. He doesn't tell us, 16 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:03.600 but I know he does. I can see it. Hey, 17 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:08.120 I'm breaking fashion law today. It's September nineteenth, it's after 18 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:12.680 labor Day. I'm wearing white pants again. Did you know 19 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:14.599 you're not supposed to wear white pants after labor day? 20 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:18.519 I knew something about white Yeah, I don't know why 21 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:20.480 white pants and white shoes you're not supposed to wear 22 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:24.079 them after Labor Day. But you know what, it's still 23 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:27.599 summer until Sunday, when it's going to be like ninety 24 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:32.359 five degrees for the first day of fall. So I figured, 25 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:34.760 why not. I'm a rule breaker. Here's what's ahead on 26 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.040 wake up Call. Sean Diddy Combs is going to remain 27 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:40.120 detained until he goes on trial for sex trafficking and 28 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:44.280 racketeering charges. A judge denied his appeal to be granted 29 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:48.200 bail yesterday. In denying the appeal, a judge sided with prosecutors, 30 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:51.840 saying that Diddy is dangerous and a flight risk. Did 31 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:54.400 He's been charged with sexually, abusing and exploiting women for 32 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:56.840 more than a decade. At least fourteen people have been 33 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:00.319 killed hundreds more were hurt when walkie talkies explos loaded 34 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:03.120 in Lebanon. The explosions came a day after hundreds of 35 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:07.439 pagers held by Hamas members exploded on Tuesday. US officials 36 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:11.479 say Israel is behind it, but Israel has not claimed responsibility. 37 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:14.000 We're going to find out how this was all pulled 38 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:16.719 off and if more of this kind of action is coming. 39 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:19.599 With ABC's Crime and Terror analyst Brad Garrett, that's at 40 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:23.039 five point twenty. Cooler weather continues to help firefighters surround 41 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:26.680 the big three fires burning in southern California. The acreage 42 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:30.199 on all three is holding pretty steady. The nearly fifty 43 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:32.919 five thousand acre fire in the Angelus National Forest, it's 44 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.439 forty one percent surrounded. The one that was started in 45 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:39.280 Highland is fifty one percent surrounded. And the fire in 46 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:42.080 Orange and Riverside Counties, which has been the most destructive 47 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:44.199 and has destroyed one hundred and sixty homes and buildings, 48 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:47.879 is thirty one percent surrounded. We've been telling you about 49 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:49.879 how Neil and I are going over the edge for 50 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.240 the Union Rescue Mission. We're going to repel down a 51 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:56.560 building to hopefully raise money to help the Union Rescue Mission. Well, 52 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:59.319 we're going to talk to the vice president of philanthropy 53 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:02.080 at Union Restle Mission, who's going to tell us more 54 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:07.319 about the Rescue mission and why this organization is worthy 55 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:10.400 of your donation and your hard earned money, and we 56 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.159 do hope that you will donate, and we're going to 57 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:16.319 be talking to him at the bottom of the hour 58 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:18.759 at six oh five. It's handled on the news. The 59 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:23.120 Feds have cut interest rates. Is it too late? Let's 60 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:24.800 get started with some of the stories coming out of 61 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.039 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A luxury yacht that 62 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.879 caught fire in Marina del Rey has sank. The fire 63 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:34.840 started at about eight thirty last night. Witnesses say they 64 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:37.960 saw huge flames in what looked like fireworks shooting from 65 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:39.520 the boat, named the Admiral. 66 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:40.120 La. 67 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:43.599 County Fire Captain Pono Barnes tells KTLA the owner confirmed 68 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:47.319 there was ammunition on board. He says crews usually try 69 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:49.039 to keep up with pumps when they put out a 70 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:50.319 fire so they don't sink it. 71 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:52.840 But unfortunately we had to apply enough water to get 72 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:55.960 the fire out, and because of its location, it's here 73 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:57.199 in about twenty feet of water. 74 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:59.039 It's a very large boat, so it's sunk, but it's 75 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.639 sunk in the slip, he says. Cruz also worked to 76 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:05.960 keep fuel, oil and other contaminants from spreading out into 77 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:08.800 the marina. News brought to you by American Vision Windows. 78 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:11.199 The cost of borrowing money for home and auto loans 79 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:13.479 and credit cards is on the decline for the first 80 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:16.720 time in four years. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates 81 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:20.120 a half percent yesterday. FED Chair Jerome Powell says the 82 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:22.560 US economy is strong enough to support the cut. 83 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:25.839 The labor market is cooled from its formerly overheated state. 84 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.319 Powell says future cuts will be based on balancing inflation 85 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:34.079 with job and housing markets. Police in Kentucky say they 86 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:37.759 believe the body found in the southeast of the state 87 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:40.839 is the same guy they've been looking for in connection 88 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:43.920 with several shootings on an interstate highway. Police say the 89 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:46.759 shooter fired twenty to thirty rounds near a highway exit 90 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.680 nearly two weeks ago. A dozen cars were hit and 91 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:53.120 five people were hurt. Two more cases of dengay fever 92 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:55.839 been detected in La County. Health officials say two people 93 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:58.680 in Baldwin Park have come down with the mosquito borne illness. 94 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:03.639 Symptoms of dang include fever, nausea, vomiting, rash, and aches, 95 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:06.399 and pains to the eyes, joints, and bones. Doesn't that 96 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:10.120 sound pleasant? Death is extremely rare when it comes to 97 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:12.639 dang gay fever. Well, let's say good morning now to 98 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:17.519 ABC's Stephen portnoy. So. Stephen, it was a much aweighted announcement. 99 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:21.279 Who would the teamsters endorse for presidents? 100 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:24.240 And the answer is nobody. And that was the major 101 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:28.360 headline yesterday. After endorsing every Democratic candidate since two thousand, 102 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:32.600 since Al Gore's Gore, Kerry Obama twice, Hillary Clinton in 103 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:35.759 twenty sixteen, and Joe Biden in twenty twenty, the Teamsters 104 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:38.920 union says it will not endorse Kamala Harris, but it 105 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:43.040 will also not endorse Donald Trump. Why it's kind of 106 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:45.079 complicated and nuanced, but let me dig into it. 107 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:46.480 Well, that's why we have you, Stephen. 108 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:46.879 Right. 109 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:51.519 So, in the spring, when it was a Biden Trump rematch, 110 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:55.000 a poll of the Teamsters found that most in the 111 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:58.560 rank and file would support Biden again they saw him 112 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:01.160 it seems as a pro labor president who marched on 113 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.360 the picket lines and he was their guy. They endorsed 114 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:06.800 him in twenty twenty, and most rank and file would 115 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:09.759 endorse Biden according to the poll prior to the debate, 116 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:13.519 prior to Biden dropping out. Well, the debate happened, Biden 117 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:17.079 did drop out, and now it's a Harris Trump matchup. 118 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:20.519 And when polled twice, the teams just rank and file 119 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:23.040 said they would actually prefer Trump over Harris. 120 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:25.319 They got the review, they got the results and went 121 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:26.000 that can't be right. 122 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:29.040 Let's do it again well maybe, but regardless, and two 123 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:33.680 separate surveys it was pretty strong support for Trump versus Harris. However, 124 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:39.920 the union leadership said that they cannot trust that Donald 125 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:44.079 Trump would not veto a national right to work bill 126 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:48.160 that might undermine union security clauses. And the union leadership 127 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:50.920 has long been skeptical of Republicans and how they view 128 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.920 unions for a number of obvious reasons, but specifically when 129 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:57.439 it comes to Trump, you know, they listened to what 130 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:01.240 he told Elon Musk about firing strike workers in violation 131 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:05.959 of federal law. They point to the decisions of his 132 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:08.600 NLRB while he was sitting president, and they fear the 133 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:09.759 appointments he might make. 134 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:10.600 In another term. 135 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.120 And when it comes to things like that, the decisions 136 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:15.480 of the National Labor Relations Board affect the ability of 137 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:18.240 unions to organize and fight for their rights and collective 138 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:22.519 action and undertake job actions. And they're also disappointed with 139 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:26.040 the Biden Harris administration and the Congress because in twenty 140 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:28.240 twenty two, you remember, there's a great national discussion about 141 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.120 a freight rail strike, and in the end it was 142 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:33.920 averted because Congress used its power under the Railway Labor 143 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:37.600 act to prevent that strike by and by forcing the 144 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:39.600 terms on the union. The Congress passed the bill, the 145 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.439 President signed it that ended the possibility of a strike, 146 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.439 and Harris apparently would not pledge not to do that again. 147 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:49.000 How could she pledge not to do that again? Because 148 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.959 it's not just railroads but also airlines that are covered 149 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:55.839 by this law, and you know, there's the public interest 150 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:57.839 in making sure the goods flow across the country and 151 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:01.959 the people are able to fly. So for those reasons, 152 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:05.040 neither Harris nor Trump gets a teamster's endorsement. 153 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:08.040 So is the lack of the endorsement. It's a slap 154 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:09.000 in the face for Harris. 155 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.319 It is definitely seen that way. And Trump points to 156 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:14.319 the poll numbers to say, ah, the union rank and 157 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:16.439 file are with me. Well, he's going to say that, 158 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.279 He's going to continue to say that. The union leadership 159 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:20.439 says it's not quite the full story. There are many 160 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:23.439 Teamsters locals that are supporting Harris, particularly in some of 161 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:27.000 the midwestern battleground states. You have to also wonder how 162 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:28.879 much it really matters. I mean, if it mattered that much, 163 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.040 ask you that right, we'd have President carry In two 164 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.399 thousand and four, and when Hillary Clinton would have never 165 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:36.120 lost in twenty sixteen. Oh and maybe Bill Clinton might 166 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:38.559 have lost in nineteen ninety six. So the teamsters don't 167 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:40.799 always pick a winner. In this case, they're not picking. 168 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:42.960 Anybody, all right, Steven Portinoy, thank you so much for 169 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:43.559 the information. 170 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:44.279 You bet. 171 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:45.840 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 172 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:48.440 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The 173 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:54.720 San Bernardino County sheriff says, a protective anti crime program, 174 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:58.000 I think it's supposed to be proactive anti crime crime 175 00:08:58.039 --> 00:08:59.960 program is working. 176 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:04.600 Operation Consequences began in twenty twenty two. Samonderdino County Sheriff 177 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:07.720 Shannon Dikea says since its inception, investigators have made more 178 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:11.039 than thirty six hundred arrests. Dyke says he believes the 179 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:14.159 Board of Supervisors will continue funding the programs. 180 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:16.279 In terms of their constituents in each one of the 181 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:18.480 five districts, they're getting great feedback. 182 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:22.519 The operation consists of investigators working leads, then serving search warrants. 183 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:25.759 Investigators have so far recovered more than twenty three hundred 184 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:29.759 guns and rescued forty four people from human trafficking in 185 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.279 Samadardino Blake Trolley k. 186 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:34.240 If I News thirty lashes Blake, I think you had 187 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:37.679 a typo in your lead. Scientists say Southern California is 188 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:40.240 part of a region in the US where Parkinson's disease 189 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:43.879 is on the rise. Southern California and states in the 190 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:47.200 Rust Belt and Sun Belt make up what scientists call 191 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:51.600 America's Parkinson's Belt. A study by researchers at the University 192 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:56.480 of Pennsylvania shows most areas affected are near big industrial 193 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:00.639 or agricultural operations. Are both. They say kee uncles released 194 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.679 from factories and farms could contribute to a higher risk 195 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:08.080 of Parkinson's. Longtime LA City Councilman Paul Kirkoryan has officially 196 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:09.879 stepped away as council president. 197 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:12.159 On the last day of his two years presiding over 198 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:16.120 city council meetings, Krekoryan was praised by all the other members. Krekorian, 199 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:17.879 who leaves the council at the end of the year, 200 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:23.000 also praised as colleagues, the city should really understand how 201 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:28.320 effective this council is and will continue to be. Krekoryan 202 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.360 took over after the resignation of Nuri Martinez following the 203 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:35.440 release of secretly recorded racist audio involving her and other members. 204 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.960 Councilman Marquis Harris Dawson is the new council president in 205 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:39.799 Downtown LA. 206 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:41.600 Michael Monks KFI News. 207 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:44.679 A government funding bill has been voted down in the House. 208 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:48.960 Fourteen Republicans joined with nearly all Democrats yesterday to vote 209 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.600 against the measure. The bill included a requirement to prove 210 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:56.159 citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections. 211 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:59.399 Speaker Mike Johnson says he believes election security is a 212 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:00.320 major issue. 213 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:01.159 We ran the play. 214 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.039 It was the best play, it was the right one, 215 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:04.720 and so now we go back to the playbook. 216 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:06.960 We'll draw up another play and we'll come up with 217 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:09.840 a solution. I'm already talking to colleagues about their many ideas. 218 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:14.480 Johnson says he's very disappointed the bill didn't pass. The 219 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:18.080 government will run out of money October first if they 220 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:21.679 don't pass some sort of funding build. San Francisco is 221 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:24.960 trying again to stop Oakland from using its new airport 222 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:29.200 name because it's too much like San Francisco International Airport. 223 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:33.159 Oakland is changing its airport name to San Francisco Bay 224 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:38.120 Oakland International Airport. San Francisco City attorney David Chu has 225 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:40.279 asked a judge to block the change as part of 226 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:42.039 a trademark infringement lawsuit. 227 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:47.320 Unfortunately, we have now seen actual confusion occurring in real life, 228 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:52.679 confusion that was entirely predictable and preventable. Individuals who book 229 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:57.759 flights to SFO intended to travel to Oakland and vice versa. 230 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:01.759 It's Oakland official claimed the lawsuit is an attempt to 231 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:05.480 stifle competition and travel choices by Bay Area residents. I 232 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:07.600 could see where people would get very confused by this. 233 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:12.000 Here's something that is not confusing. It's Halloween Time at 234 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:14.600 the Disneyland Resort and KFIAM six forty wants to give 235 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:17.519 you a chance to experience all of the frightful fun 236 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:21.279 at the Disneyland Resort now through October thirty. First, you 237 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:25.320 will find fiendishly tasty treats, thrills for one and all, 238 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:29.799 and beautiful decor to both Disney California Adventure Park and 239 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:33.399 Disneyland Park. Keep it right here, because wake Up Call 240 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.799 will soon have your chance to win a four pack 241 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:39.200 of one day, one park tickets to the Disneyland Resort. 242 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:42.879 I love Halloween Time at Disney. The Federal Reserve has 243 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:46.200 cut interest rates by a half percent just over six 244 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:49.360 weeks before the presidential election. It's the closest the Central 245 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:52.759 Bank has come to in acting an easing cycle just 246 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:55.279 before an election in nearly half a century. A brand 247 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:58.159 new rate cutting phase tied this close to the November 248 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:01.080 election has only happened twice before, four in nineteen seventy 249 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:04.120 six and eighty four. We're going to be talking more 250 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:06.159 about what the cut means and whether it's going to 251 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:09.039 keep the economy chugging along with ABC's Caleb Silver that's 252 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:11.559 coming up before the top of the hour. Ten people 253 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:15.159 involved in a pro Palestinian protest at uc Irvine have 254 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:18.960 been charged. All are facing misdemeanor charges of failing to 255 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:21.080 leave the scene of a riot. A fifty year old 256 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:24.120 man is also facing charges of resisting arrest in a 257 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.080 couple other charges. Forty others arrested during the protests back 258 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.519 in May have not yet been charged. Fall isn't even 259 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:35.279 here yet, but snow is falling in the Sierra Nevada. 260 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:38.559 The National Weather Services issued a winter weather advisory, with 261 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:40.799 two to five inches of snow expected for areas above 262 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:44.840 nine thousand feet In Tahoe Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia 263 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:49.480 National Parks. Higher elevations could see even more snow. At 264 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:52.519 six oh five, it's handle on the news teamsters say 265 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:57.039 we're not endorsing either presidential candidate. Former President Trump is 266 00:13:57.039 --> 00:14:00.159 pretty happy about that. Right now, Let's say good morning 267 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:04.759 to ABC's crime and Terror analyst Brad Garrett. Brad, they 268 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:08.000 haven't admitted to it, but Israel suspected of being behind 269 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:11.960 the explosions of pagers on Tuesday and then walkie talkies 270 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:16.039 and solar systems yesterday. How did Israel, if it was 271 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:17.639 in fact Israel, pull this one off? 272 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:21.919 So, I mean, it just has to be Israel, And 273 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:25.519 my guess is amy it's the masade because they are 274 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:29.559 the sort of the masters of, for lack of better terms, 275 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:36.039 assassinations and complicated attacks. So really two things come to mind, 276 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:39.600 and we don't know for sure, but there's sort of 277 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:44.600 limited possibilities. One would be that they were able to 278 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:50.679 compromise and or work with the manufacturer to alter these 279 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:54.440 pagers before they left the factory. Now that sounds risky 280 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:57.600 to me because it could potentially be too many people involved. 281 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:03.120 The other is to intercept the packages, you know, the 282 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:07.799 three thousand NARSHO pages at a transit point. So in 283 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:11.879 other words, it leaves the factory wherever it is, and 284 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:14.440 it goes like any package here, you know, goes to 285 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:19.759 fed xups whatever. Wherever the packages went. Then at some 286 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:23.840 point Israel was able to intercept them and neither swap 287 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:27.600 them out or alter them. My guess is they swapped 288 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:31.200 them out. It would be too time consuming to basically 289 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:35.559 rig up, for lack of better terms, three thousand plus pages, 290 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:38.759 because you're really talking about, according to the explosives people 291 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:41.919 I talked to, probably a small quantity of something like 292 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:48.480 PETN next to the battery. And then if it's an explosive, 293 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:51.840 it's a chemical that's used, and bad guys use them 294 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:54.519 all the time. Terrorist use them all the time to 295 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:57.720 blow up stuff in a small client like an ounce 296 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:01.480 maybe an ounce and a half the battery. And then 297 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:05.039 I assume they have hacked the pager system some way 298 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:09.759 that they could send a code to the pagers and 299 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:13.519 the code then would overheat the battery. The battery would 300 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:17.440 then explode, and then the explosive chemical for lack of 301 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:21.559 better terms, exploded. That's why the explosions were fairly small. 302 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:24.360 You noticed on the next day. When you go to 303 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:28.200 walkie talkies, the explosions are bigger and they're more harmful, 304 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:31.480 just because the battery in a walkie talkie obviously is 305 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:35.519 bigger than what you would have clearly in a pager. 306 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:38.799 So you're talking about something that would take months, if 307 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:42.159 not years to pull off. You'd have to know, you know, 308 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.960 you'd have to know who's making the pager, when they're 309 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:48.039 going to ship it, where the transit points, have all 310 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:50.399 the other ones ready to go to swap them out. 311 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:52.960 I mean, we're talking quite an operation. It's pretty from 312 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:56.840 that standpoint, it's quite impressive. Now the damage it did, 313 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:01.639 that's another story, but it's a it's a pretty amazing feat. 314 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:06.240 And you know, Israel basically has said, you know, they 315 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:08.440 have other things up their sleeve. For lack of better 316 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:12.519 terms of what they could do, I'm going to assume 317 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:17.200 look tech to other terrorist groups or maybe continue on 318 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:17.880 with Hesbela. 319 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.039 Yeah, how much damage do we know was done to 320 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:26.359 like their communications network? Because we know that Hesbola said, 321 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:29.160 you know what, they can track our cell phones. Let's 322 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:31.559 get rid of cell phones and go to pagers because 323 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:35.839 that's a better way to communicate. Privately, but then maybe 324 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:38.319 Israel heard them talking about that and that's when they 325 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:41.720 kind of cooked up this plan. If Israel in fact 326 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:45.240 did it, But like, how much damage was done to 327 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:47.000 their communication network? Do we know? 328 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:51.920 I think short, short term immense damage. If you can't 329 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:54.079 use cell phones, you can't use pagers, and now you 330 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:59.480 can't use walkie talkies. I mean, you know, can they 331 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:02.559 go back to runners? You know, they probably can. I 332 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:04.799 mean I think Ben Lauden back in his day he 333 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:08.480 used runners and didn't use anything electronically. But that's time 334 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:11.920 consuming and if you're trying to do something quickly, that's 335 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:14.440 just not going to work. So I think they've they've 336 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:19.759 majorly damaged their ability to communicate with each other. And 337 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:22.559 you know, we'll see how it slows them down, but 338 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:24.920 I see it as a big issue for them. 339 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:28.240 Yeah, And do you think that other groups are going 340 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:30.880 to try this kind of thing, like, Hey, that worked 341 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:32.759 really well, we'll try it. Or was it kind of 342 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:35.559 a one off? Because like you said, there had to 343 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:37.680 be so many things that fell into place at the 344 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:40.000 right time to pull this off. Maybe it's too much work. 345 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:44.359 Yeah, I mean, you'd have to have a really sophisticated 346 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:50.759 group of folks to have the time, the energy, and 347 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:53.440 the know how to your point, to pull this off. 348 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:58.920 Do I think they could use lesser extreme versions of this, 349 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:02.599 in particular in the cyber world. The answer is yes. 350 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:05.359 I mean, think about it, Amy if you if you 351 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:07.920 were able to shut down the electric and water supply 352 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:11.480 to Los Angeles some way, I just think what that 353 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:14.839 would do. I mean, you wouldn't be able to use 354 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:19.680 anything electronically. Things would just stop. And so the vulnerability 355 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:22.000 of all these systems we have, and that's true all 356 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:26.400 over the world, That's not just here. It is concerning 357 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:29.079 the people like me, because all of the systems have 358 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:32.119 vulnerabilities just because of the very nature of what they are. 359 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:36.759 So are we doing anything to uh make them less 360 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:39.000 vulnerable in the US? 361 00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:43.759 Well, I think so, we yes, But the question, you know, 362 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:47.240 it still remains is that you're really talking about. I mean, 363 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:51.519 if even if you look at energy or electricity, you 364 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:57.400 know that tends to be controlled by municipalities or regions, 365 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:02.640 and you know, are they keeping all of their cyber 366 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:05.000 stuff up to speed? You know, with patches et cetera. 367 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:08.920 Is somebody monitoring that. Are people looking for anomalies of 368 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:12.720 information that's coming through their system, all of those things. 369 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:16.119 Someplace to do a really good job with that, others don't, 370 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:19.880 because let's face it, it's a huge system, and we've 371 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:27.440 got different municipalities running different systems, and so certainly regional 372 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:31.240 attacks I think are probably more realistic than you know, 373 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:37.319 across the board attack. But you know, it's something that's 374 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:40.319 always there, and I think, yes, we're more aware of it. 375 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:44.000 Are we doing everything we can that may or mean 376 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.279 to be the case? 377 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:48.240 Well, let's just hope that the people in power are 378 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:52.440 being more proactive than reactive, because yes, it's kind of 379 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:55.039 a scary proposition. Brad Garrett, thank you so much for 380 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:57.400 the information. We appreciated it. As always. 381 00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.240 You're welcome. 382 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.480 Thank carrying me too soon. 383 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:04.440 Cruz on the fire that started in San Gabriel Canyon 384 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:08.319 say they're making progress getting lines around it while attacking 385 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:11.960 the most active northwest and southeast flanks with ground and 386 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:16.480 air resources. Firefighters been mopping up and controlling big pines 387 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:19.200 and right wood on the northeast side. They say better 388 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:22.359 weather has helped prevent the fire from spreading further toward 389 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:25.519 the Mile High and Paradise Springs communities. The fires burn 390 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:28.480 nearly fifty five thousand acres. 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